I/P Engine, Inc. v. AOL, Inc. et al

Filing 704

Defendants' Proposed Pre-Trial Jury Instructions Proposed Jury Instructions by AOL Inc., Gannett Company, Inc., Google Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Target Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1, # 2 Exhibit 2)(Noona, Stephen)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
NORFOLK DIVISION

I/P ENGINE, INC.
Plaintiff,
v.

Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-512

AOL INC., et al.,
Defendants.

DEFENDANTS’ PROPOSED PRE-TRIAL JURY INSTRUCTIONS
Defendants Google, Inc., AOL Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Gannett Co., Inc., and
Target Corp. (“Defendants”) submit the following proposed pre-trial jury instructions to be
considered in response to the pre-trial instructions proposed by Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc. (“I/P
Engine”).1 A set with citations is attached as Exhibit 1 and a set without citations is attached as
Exhibit 2. Defendants respectfully submit that I/P Engine’s proposed pre-trial instructions are
unnecessarily complicated, potentially confusing to the jury, and provide incomplete guidance
regarding the substantive issues that they must decide. Defendants’ proposed pre-trial jury
instructions streamline the amount of information that the jury will hear at the outset of the case,
and provide clearer guidance regarding the procedures the jury must follow and what they should
expect over the course of trial. For these reasons, Defendants respectfully request that the Court
adopt the attached set of pre-trial jury instructions.

1

Defendants understood the Court and parties would be relying upon base pre-trial jury
instructions similar to those from the ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. v. Verizon Communications,
Inc., et al., CA No. 2:10-cv-248 (E.D. Va.) case. As a result of the Plaintiff’s proposed pre-trial
instructions, Defendants offer this set as a response for consideration.

DATED: October 12, 2012

/s/ Stephen E. Noona
Stephen E. Noona
Virginia State Bar No. 25367
KAUFMAN & CANOLES, P.C.
150 West Main Street, Suite 2100
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
David Bilsker
David A. Perlson
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
SULLIVAN, LLP
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Counsel for Google Inc., Target Corporation,
IAC Search & Media, Inc., and Gannett Co., Inc.

By: /s/ Stephen E. Noona
Stephen E. Noona
Virginia State Bar No. 25367
KAUFMAN & CANOLES, P.C.
150 W. Main Street, Suite 2100
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Robert L. Burns
FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT &
DUNNER, LLP
Two Freedom Square
11955 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Cortney S. Alexander
FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT &
DUNNER, LLP
3500 SunTrust Plaza
303 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Counsel for Defendant AOL Inc.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on October 12, 2012, I will electronically file the foregoing with the
Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send a notification of such filing (NEF) to
the following:
Jeffrey K. Sherwood
Kenneth W. Brothers
DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
1825 Eye Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Donald C. Schultz
W. Ryan Snow
Steven Stancliff
CRENSHAW, WARE & MARTIN, P.L.C.
150 West Main Street, Suite 1500
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Counsel for Plaintiff, I/P Engine, Inc.

/s/ Stephen E. Noona
Stephen E. Noona
Virginia State Bar No. 25367
KAUFMAN & CANOLES, P.C.
150 West Main Street, Suite 2100
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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